Well, I got better advice here, from Mentha, than I got from Ebay's Live Chat, lol. Thank you, Mentha! Luna, the Zephyranthes citrina bulbs, which are southern US natives, I bought from him under a different name took months to arrive from Holland and were basically just papery shells full of more papery stuff(dried out past salvaging). Even before this I wouldn't have bought anything from this person. In my opinion he's the Michagan Bulbs Co. of Ebay. Foxy, yes, there is an update as a matter of fact. The fellow in question, whom I will not call a gentleman, refused my invoice, which I expected, but he also took my picture out of his listing. I thought that would be the end of it, this person is a powerseller after all so you'd think he'd be a professional, but this evening he used a different, but very similar, powerselling ID to send me 8 different harrassing emails, many about the "poor quality" of the pictures I used in one of my store listings. I ended up feeling like I had to make a report to the Trust and Safety Board over there. Since he's a powerseller I doubt that anything will come of this single incident but you never know. I wish we had a venue for independent sellers on GW. I've made the suggestion over at the Suggestions and Comments forum but since others have made it in the past and nothing has come of it I doubt anything will this time either. Oh well, Ebay sucks but it seems to be the only show in town.

Do you have a box store such as Home Depot, Lowes, K-mart, Wal-mart close by? Those stores normally carry what we refer to as "cactus mix". Any brand will do. Joshua Trees are not all that fussy about special soil requirements but do prefer to have good drainage. Or you could just use 2 parts regular potting mix with 1 part perlite added. Let the seedlings develop at least 5-7 leaves then gently use a mini hand towel or tweezers to push the seedling off and plant in a new container with fresh mix. Water well and do let soil dry out between watering.

I didn't know. But it looks like the message posted here, after yours, "Hedge Parsley (Torilis Arvensis) aka beggars lice", is asking about the same plant. Most of the Umbellifers don't have bur-like seeds. (First one I have heard of.) Don't know what the odds are re the posts here, but you might want to investigate this plant. May be it.

That is close to how we played it. In our version the first person says Ships a sailing, second person asks what's your cargo, first person names something, second person has to name something that correlates in some way to the first. If the second person's suggestion is not acceptable he is not allowed to go on the ship and is left in the ocean (has to sit on the floor.) This continues over and over with those not naming something acceptable, joining the others in the water and you may have several people in the water. Often players realize what the connection is to the two objects and therefore don't have to get down on the floor. Guess it sounds silly, but it really is fun, especially when some of the "smartest" people are not making the connection. I'm going to keep thinking, and maybe it will come to me. Thanks for jogging my memory to this point. Merry Christmas. Sue